CLEAN SWEEP FOR CNN DIGITAL IN SEPTEMBER

kagudzak

2 years ago

TOPS ALL COMPETITORS, 17THSTRAIGHT MONTH AT #1 FOR NEWS VIDEO

CNN Digital continued its streak as the nation’s top news destination in September 2016. It outpaced all news and information competitors with more multiplatform unique visitors, mobile unique visitors, multiplatform views, and video starts than any other news outlet and reached its 17th straight month as the top destination for digital news video.

#1 IN MULTIPLATFORM UNIQUE VISITORS

More than 107 million unique multiplatform visitors reached CNN Digital in September 2016 – an increase of +28% versus the prior year and +6% versus the prior month. CNN outpaced second place Yahoo News by 12 million unique visitors across platforms and third place New York Times by 18 million.

On desktop and mobile devices, visitors spent 4 billion minutes consuming CNN Digital content in September — more than any other news outlet and a +32% increase over the prior year. CNN users spent +12% more minutes on site than second place Fox News.

The clear and undisputed leader in news video for 17 months running, CNN topped all news competitors in video starts with a record-high 318 million video starts in September — 167 million more that of the nearest competitor FoxNews.com, and 34% up over the prior year.